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Gentium Book Plus

Gentium Book Plus brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Victor Gaultney90% Accessible
Characters646
Glyphs775
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Gentium Book Plus

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Best Font Pairings for Gentium Book Plus

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Gentium Book Plus, including combinations with Marti, Uncut Sans and Montserrat.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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Test Gentium Book Plus Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Gentium Book Plus with any font combination in real-time, optimized for serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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Gentium Book Plus Editorial Specimen

Gentium Book Plus in Editorial Context

Gentium Book Plus is a serif typeface by Victor Gaultney suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Victor Gaultney

Typeface Designer • Serif

Gentium Book Plus demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Gentium Book Plus supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Victor Gaultney, Gentium Book Plus balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Gentium Book Plus Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Gentium Book Plus Specimen

Gentium Book Plus

Gentium Book Plus is a serif typeface by Victor Gaultney built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

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Gentium Book Plus
GENTIUM BOOK PLUS
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Gentium Book Plus— serif typeface
Gentium Book PlusBy Victor Gaultney
Gentium Book PlusTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Gentium Book Plus Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

Display Sizes for Gentium Book Plus

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Gentium Book Plus primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Gentium Book Plus section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Gentium Book Plus subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Gentium Book Plus content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Gentium Book Plus minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Gentium Book Plus smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Reading Text in Gentium Book Plus

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Gentium Book Plus, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Gentium Book Plus demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Gentium Book Plus for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Gentium Book Plus small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxGentium Book Plus delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxGentium Book Plus italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxGentium Book Plus bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxGentium Book Plus typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxGentium Book Plus typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Gentium Book Plus'; }

Quick Start

Integrating Gentium Book Plus

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Gentium+Book+Plus:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Gentium+Book+Plus:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Gentium Book Plus';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Gentium+Book+Plus');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Styling with Gentium Book Plus

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Gentium Book Plus', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Gentium Book Plus', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'gentium-book-plus': ['Gentium Book Plus', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-gentium-book-plus">Your text here</p>

About

About Gentium Book Plus

Victor Gaultney
Serif
Open Source

Gentium Book Plus offers refined neutrality and systematic design, making it well-suited for editorial design. Its decorative terminals and stroke contrast contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for formal documents and book typography, Gentium Book Plus adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Gentium Book Plus is a typeface that supports a wide range of Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek characters,....

Gentium Book Plus comes from the work of Victor Gaultney. The typeface's Bracketed or hairline serifs and Modulated stroke contrast reflect a design philosophy optimized for Contemporary serif design.

As a Transitional serif in the Vox-ATypI Classicals family, Gentium Book Plus classical serif tradition. Its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress make it a strong fit for long-form editorial and book typography.

Gentium Book Plus is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

Gentium Book Plus

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Gentium Book Plus

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Gentium Book Plus's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

1

Classification

Transitional serif classification. Gentium Book Plus exhibits Bracketed or hairline serifs, Modulated stroke contrast, Open counters with generous apertures. Designed by Victor Gaultney. A serif typeface available through TypeSmith.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 90). Gentium Book Plus delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles. Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Victor Gaultney. Gentium Book Plus classical serif tradition, delivered as a single focused weight. The designer's portfolio includes gentium plus and harmattan.

Overview

About Gentium Book Plus

Gentium Book Plus represents a Transitional serif in the Vox-ATypI Classicals family, designed during the Contemporary serif design era. Built with Bracketed or hairline serifs and Modulated stroke contrast, Gentium Book Plus serves as a standard typeface for long-form editorial and book typography. TypeSmith features Gentium Book Plus in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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3 curated pairings for Gentium Book Plus
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Accessibility & Usability

90
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Gentium Book Plus: Accessibility Considerations

Gentium Book Plus scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. High-contrast Didones can cause halation for readers with astigmatism. Prefer Garalde or Transitional cuts at text sizes for inclusive readability.

How Legible is Gentium Book Plus?

Gentium Book Plus draws legibility from its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Gentium Book Plus?

Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print. On screen, hinting quality determines legibility below 14 px. Set body text at 16 px or larger on screen, with line heights between 1.4 and 1.6 for sustained reading comfort.

Visual Comfort with Gentium Book Plus

Gentium Book Plus provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. High stroke contrast can cause halation for some readers, so pair with ample line spacing on bright backgrounds.

Gentium Book Plus Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Gentium Book Plus. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Gentium Book Plus at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

How to Use Gentium Book Plus Effectively

Pair with geometric or grotesque sans-serifs for contrast. Avoid pairing two serifs from the same Vox sub-class to prevent visual redundancy. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Gentium Book Plus. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Gentium Book Plus in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

Get the Font

Gentium Book Plus Font Files

Available on Google Fonts
4 weights available for download
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Available Weights

400
Regular
400
Regular Italic
700
Bold
700
Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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100
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200
Aa
300
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400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

Gentium Book Plus Multilingual Support

Extended Latin Coverage
Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Dutch

Nordic

  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic

Central European

  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Slovak

Baltic

  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

Gentium Book Plus is a typeface that supports a wide range of Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek characters, making it suitable for numerous languages that use these scripts. This includes most Western, Central, and Eastern European languages, as well as many languages in the Caucasus, Russia, and the Balkans. Its comprehensive character set is designed to accommodate the diverse needs of multilingual publishing and text display.

Legal

Gentium Book Plus Licensing

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1
Free for personal and commercial use
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What you can do

  • Personal projects
  • Commercial projects
  • Web embedding
  • App embedding
  • Modification
  • Redistribution

Restrictions

  • Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Gentium Book Plus is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Gentium Book Plus ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.